Pastor Kevin Thacker told me,
he says, there's two kinds of messages to a preacher. There's
one that makes you want to stand up and scream, that's not true.
That's not according to God's word. And then there's the other
message. That's the truth. I want to preach
that again. That's what happened up in Madisonville
on Wednesday night a week ago last Wednesday. I heard a message
by David Edmondson and I was inspired. I said to myself, I
need to come home and preach this to my brother and sister
in here and rescue. It's a message we all need to
hear over and over again. It's the message that that song
is about in the garden. The garden with our Lord. Hearing
about Him. Him. Speaking through His Word. to us personally. And I pray
this morning the Lord speaks to you on a personal basis through
you. Lord turn if you would over to
2 Samuel chapter 15. We'll be turning there in just
a moment, not right now, but over in the third psalm, that
will be our text for today. We read this heading, a psalm
of David when he fled from Absalom his son. Now those words that
we read in the beginning of a psalm like that, that's part of the
verse, for instance, you'll notice when we look over there, it says
verse 1 and it begins right there with that psalm where it says,
a psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son. Those are
not words that are added to the scripture, titles that are put
above something by those who interpreted God's word. Those
are actually words from the original text. It's not like when you're
looking through scriptures, especially in the King James Version, you'll
see words that are italicized. Those are not original words
of God. Those are words that the men
who interpreted the scripture into the King James Version,
the group of men that King James chose to come together, group
of men from different religions even, to sit down and interpret
the original writings into English. They thought, for some reason,
that they needed to add a little bit to God's Word to help us
understand. And I'm thankful for some of it. Some of it, I'll
read past. I leave that up for you and the
Lord to teach you what to pass and what not. This is not that. The Psalm of David, when he fled
from Absalom, is not those kinds of words. Now you ask, well,
why are you telling us, John? What's that got to do with the
message you have for us? These words that we read, a psalm
of David, a hymn. That's what a psalm is. It's
a psalm. They did a lot of talking back
in those days through psalms, through writing hymns. David
was really good at that. God gifted him very much at doing
that. These words open a deeper understanding
to the writer's heart. when he penned this psalm, this
hymn. David is singing while he's weeping. Now, look with me if you would
at the 30th verse of 2 Samuel 15. I want you to see for yourselves. I don't want you to take my word
for it. I want you to see the Word of God where it says in
verse 30, now this is what David is doing, and I want you to see
he's weeping while he's writing this psalm. His sum absolum has
been going to the front of the gates of the town, telling the
men who are coming in, come sit in front of me, let me be your
judge. Absalom was one of these kind of guys who can talk really
good and talk you into stuff. Come on. Come on over here. Some
of us would call this guy a man with charisma. There's men who
get up in front of people nowadays with thousands of people in the
congregation or in the building and talk them into buying things
like Amway. You can do better. We call them
self-help people. They get up there and they preach
how you can help yourself. That's what Absalom was. And
he was drawing the men who advised, the advisors of David. He was
drawing them away. But he wasn't just drawing the
men who helped David lead the nation of Israel. He was drawing
the people away. They were calling out unto Absalom
as their leader. And here the king of Israel,
he was dealing with this so much so that he was afraid of what
was happening. A word had come to him that Absalom sought to
kill him, his own son. Think about that for a minute.
Can any of us comprehend the depth of sorrow that must have
laid upon this man's heart? My son is trying to kill me. The people that I love have turned
against me. Verse 30, And David went up by
the ascent of Mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his
head covered, and he went therefore barefoot. And all the people
that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up
weeping as they went up." Weeping. Now turn over your Psalms to
the third Psalm. No, you know what? Before you
do that, Let's turn over to Matthew chapter 5. I'm setting the table
for you. I want you to see some things
here. In Matthew chapter 5, we have what we call the Beatitudes. The Lord inspired Matthew to
record our Lord's words, where we see in verse 3, well, let's
start at verse 2, and he, speaking of our Lord, opened his mouth
and taught, taught, taught them, saying these words, verse 3,
blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they
shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger
and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. Blessed
are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the
pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are
they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye when men shall
revile you, and persecute you, and shall say in all manner of
evil against you, falsely for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding
glad. For great is your reward in heaven,
for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you." My title
this morning is this, At Peace With Trouble. Is there trouble
in anyone's lives here today? Do we trouble with the world
we live in? Folks, there are people exiting out of California
in just massive droves because of the trouble they see in this
country. But that's not the deepest trouble we have, is it? There's
trouble with people who are disputing with family now. This virus that
has gone through this country has split families almost in
the way the revolution did. Brothers against brothers, sisters
against sisters. I know. I know that personally. But that's not the deepest trouble
we have to face in this world, is it? Today, right now, this
very minute, how many of us are troubled with the flesh that
we stand in? How many of us? How can I have
peace when I have trouble like that plaguing me, plaguing my
mind? What peace can we as children
of God have? Oh, I'm so glad you asked that
question. There's a wondrous, wondrous,
wondrous peace ahead for us. Notice the blessings that we
read in Matthew chapter 15, chapter 5. Turn over now if you went
to the third Psalm. Notice that the blessings that we read about
are for those who are not at peace with living in this world. It said the poor in spirit, those
that mourn, the meek and lowly, those who thirst and hunger,
those who are persecuted for no good reason. Lord, help us,
help you and I to always keep in mind the Word of God is spiritual. God may use the things of this
world to communicate with you and I, giving us an understanding
of what He's talking about, but the underlying meaning in God's
Word is always spiritual. With that in mind, read with
me if you would the verse 1 of Psalms number 3. A
psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son. A psalm. A hymn. A hymn of a man who wept,
Lord, how are they increased that trouble me? Many are they
that rise up against me. Can you imagine the troubled
hearts of David? His son, his top advisors, the
people for whom he loved, many turning from his leadership and
turning to the obvious wickedness It was not right in that day
to turn against the father to the son. People would put up
with whatever the father did because he was the father. He
was the head of the household. David was the king of Israel.
And he was a good king. He wasn't even like Solomon or
Saul. He wasn't like him at all. And
yet they were turning from him to wickedness, to his son. Imagine
our own family turning against us. I just can't imagine my son
wanting to kill me. What a broken and contrite heart
this man had as he went up to the hill of Mount Olivet, as
he wept. I know we read that in scriptures,
but picture it. Picture this man and his servants
crying yet singing unto the Lord. How can that be? There is no
help for him in this world. There is nothing carnal to comfort
his heart. His troubles seem to be overwhelming
him. This is how God uses the carnal
things of this world to teach us spiritual matters. In a spiritual
sense, this is a picture of our sin, our weakness, our inability
to overcome the sin that is within us. They overwhelm us. Oh, how
unworthy I am. Isn't that what that poor beggar
over on the side of the temple was doing? Oh, how unworthy.
I don't have any worthiness to offer my Lord at all. My goodness
is nothing in the sight of God. How unworthy I am of thy goodness,
Lord. Oh, how unworthy I am to be a
recipient of God's goodness. Yet, like the beggar, we come
to the Lord naked and destitute with nothing to offer, and we
ask for mercy. Did you know that in Scriptures,
not one time, yeah, there was a lady who cried out for mercy
from the Lord. And he didn't give it to her
right away, but he did give it to her. There's not one place
in Scripture where somebody asked the Lord for mercy and he did
not give it to them. Not that I have found. Not that
several other ministers have found. If you find something,
let me know, so I'll stop saying that. But until I hear from you,
until I see in God's Word, I'll stand on that. My Lord loves
to be merciful. I know that's in Scripture. He
loves to be merciful to His people. He delights in mercy, is what
it says. The people who saw the flight
of King David, they cried out, where is your God now? Where
is your God now, David? He's not helping you now. Where
is your God? Look at verse 2 of the psalm
there. Many there be which say, My soul, there is no help for
Him in God. Selah. Where's that God you said
is sovereign over everything? Look at how He's treating you
today. That's what they're saying. They
must have been the worst of all for David to bear when they began
to ridicule his beliefs. When they began to say, where
is your God? That's what that is. That's a ridicule. Where's
that God you talked about being sovereign? Where is he today? David was a man who said much
about his faith. And in former days, he had done
great marvels. Remember the stone that he killed
Goliath with? He did that in the name of the
Lord. And everybody knew it. What a story that followed him
forever. Declaring the power of his God
before a mighty giant. Many were the great marvels that
he shared with those, and not one or another dared to say openly
that God had cast him off. Is there not another for whom
this may be spiritually a picture of? Our Lord and Savior was hated
without a cause. Absalom hated his father for
no just cause. His reason was one of lust and
power. David never did anything to his
son Absalom. It was the lust of having the
power. Now I'm pointing this out because I want you to understand,
you and I were in that same boat at one time, as all mankind are. We come into this world with
a lust in our heart for power. That's what it is to say that
I will do what I will do. I will is a declaration of power. My will is a declaration of power. And we all come into the world
with a lust in our hearts. I will do what I want to do.
His reason for chasing his dad and wanting to kill his dad was
for one of lust and power. The people crucified our Lord
and Savior for no just cause. They desired His power. They
desired His authority. We will not have this one to
rule over us is what they said. Is that not correct? Is that
not correct when we say we have free will? We will not have this
one to rule over us? That's the desire of power, folks. That's the same thing this young
man had a jealousy for over his father. This was you and I before
the Lord arrested us and cut away that heart of lust, giving
us a heart that bends willingly to Him whose will shall be done. In Luke 23, 20, we read this,
and He left them to their will, speaking of those who crucified
our Lord and Savior. Mark your book here in Psalms,
because we're going to come back and finish that Psalm. I want
you to turn over, if you would, to Luke chapter 23. Read verse 21 with me first,
if you would. Luke chapter 23, verse 21. But
they cried, saying, Crucify Him, Crucify Him. These very one who
we read back in verse 20, and again, Pilate therefore willingly
released Jesus, spake them again. But back to 23 verse 21. They cried, saying, Crucify Him,
Crucify Him. Now jump over to verse 35 with
me. And the people stood beholding, and the rulers also with them
derided Him, saying, He saved others, Let him save himself,
if he be Christ the chosen of God. And the soldiers also mocked
him, coming to him, offering him vinegar, verse 37, and saying,
if thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself. And then they went
a step further, even, and mocked him. Not only were they mocking
David saying, where is thy God? They're mocking the Lord Jesus
Christ in the same way. And verse 38, and a subscription
also was written over him in letters in Greek and Latin, Hebrew.
This is the king of the Jews. Now in Matthew, verse 22, you
don't need to turn there, 22, 15, we read these words. Then
went the Pharisees and took counsel how they might entangle, how
they might trap, how they might entangle him in his talk. Matthew
27 verse 1, we read these, when the morning was come, the chief
priests and the elders of the people took counsel. That means
they gathered together. It's, what can we do? Let's figure
this out. What can we do against Jesus
to put him to death? But do not be deceived by our
natural way of thinking, folks. God was still God, even when
He hung on that cross. The God-man did not relinquish
His power. Wicked hands crucified our Lord,
the Lord of glory, but it was purposed by Him. Look over at
the book of Acts chapter 2, if you would. The book of Acts chapter
2. Acts chapter 2, beginning at
verse 22. Ye men of Israel, hear these
words. Jesus of Nazareth. We're talking
about God not relinquishing His power. God was still God when
He hung on that cross. Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved
of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which
God did by Him in the midst of you, as you yourselves know.
Him being delivered by what? By those wicked hands? Was He
delivered by them? Was He delivered against His
own will? Did the God of all creation delete or did He relinquish
His power? No. Being delivered by the determinate
counsel and foreknowledge of God. Those with wicked hands,
who were determined before the world was to do what they did,
ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain,
whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because
it was not possible that he should be holding of it. For David speaketh
concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for
he is on my right hand, and I should not be moved. Therefore did my
heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad. Moreover, as my flesh
shall rest in hope, because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell. Neither wilt thou suffer thine
Holy One to see corruption." David, back in the text of Psalms,
is crying out, Oh, how they have increased that trouble me! Many
are they that rise up against me! There are so many they even
mock me, saying, Where is my God? Where is my help? He weeps,
but he sings the song. Thou hast made known unto me
the ways of life. Thou shalt make the full of joy
with thy continence. Men and brethren, let me freely
speak unto you, says Peter. of the patriarch David that he
is both dead and buried and his sepulcher is with us to this
day. Therefore, being a prophet and knowing that God had sworn
with an oath to him that of the fruit of his loins, according
to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne.
He, seeing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ,
that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see
corruption. This Jesus hath God raised up,
wherefore we are all witnesses, therefore being by the right
hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise
of the Holy Ghost, he has shed forth this which we now see and
hear." This message. This is the message
God uses to call His sheep. To keep His sheep. The message
of who He is. Just because Jesus hung on a
cross and died, He did that purposely for you and I. The perfect blood
of Christ was shed for us. That means this. Nothing can
separate us from the love that is in the Lord Jesus Christ.
If He loved you before the world was, He will have you. And He's promised some wonderful
promises to us. We talked about this in our Bible
study, didn't we? He's promised that our sins would
be forgiven. Perfectly. For us to be in the
presence of the Lord, we must be as righteous as He is. Can
anybody claim that with the flesh that they sit in here today?
No. If you do, you're a fool. And
we all were those fools in one time, weren't we? I'll not have that man roll over
me. I don't need him. I'm OK. No, I'm not. I'm so thankful the Lord arrested
me and showed me what I am that I would look to Him for everything,
especially for my righteousness. This is the message that God
uses to keep His sheep. Back in our text, listen to the
words of God's chosen child. Look at verses 3-7 with me if
you would. But thou, O LORD, art a shield. Where'd that come from? This
is a guy being chased by his own son who wants to kill him.
But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me." That's like saying,
okay, my son kills me, okay, that's like saying if the virus
kills me, do I want that? No. Do I want to do what I can
to avoid it? Yes. But if it does, I'm still
good. In fact, I'm better. I'll be
with the Lord. Thou, O Lord, art my shield, a shield for me,
my glory, and lifter up of mine head. I cried unto the Lord with
my voice, and He heard me out of His holy hill. Selah. This is what inspired me to write,
to preach this message, this next verse. Listen to this. I
laid me down and slept. Have you ever laid awake all
night troubled by something that just happened in your life? I
see everybody's heads go, yeah. It happens a lot to me nowadays.
I just lay there and think, oh man, I should have done it differently
if I had just Why did I get myself into this mess? What did I do?
If I had just kept my mouth shut. If, if, if, if, if! You know
what I mean? I can't even tell you how many
times I've laid there in bed thinking about things that I
should have done or I shouldn't have done. Lord, I've got to
be up in four hours. I've got to be driving a truck.
I need my sleep. Father, help me. God, give me
rest. And he did. And he did. I laid me down and slept. How can you sleep? How can you
get any sleep? How can you get any rest when
things like that are on your mind? What's the rest of it? I awaked, for the Lord sustained
me. David knew where his sustenance
was. It wasn't in anything of him.
And you and I know the same thing, don't we? We have no confidence
in this flesh, but oh, oh, the sweet confidence we can have
in our Lord. Perfect rest in Him. Verse 6,
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves
against me round about. Arise, O Lord, and save me, O
my God, for Thou hast smitten all mine enemy upon the cheekbone,
for Thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly." This is the
message that Peter preached on Mars Hill. It's the same spiritual
message pictured by David, king of the Jews. It's a picture of
the king of kings who cannot be turned. It's a picture of
Him whose purpose shall not be undone. It's a picture of the
One who no matter what comes our way, no matter what troubles
there are to this flesh, troubles with our sin, troubles with the
world, our God sits on His throne right now. Does that give you
peace? I don't care anymore what's going
on around us out in the world. I try not to. I have to retract
that. I try not to. My Lord rules. He rules it all. And He says
it's all for my good. And I keep telling myself that,
especially when I start caring about what's going on in the
world around me. I've shared this with you folks many times,
I think, in the past. Bill and I would be driving along
in my truck. And Bill would get on the phone with me, and we'd
be talking. He'd be at home, and I'd be driving my truck.
And we'd be talking, and we'd just go along. And either one of us
now, it wasn't just me, it was either one of us, if I got carried
away too far in the stuff, that's going on in the world around
us, he'd start singing this song. This world is not my home. I'm
just a passing through. My treasures are laid up somewhere
beyond the blue. Or if he would go too far in
something, I would start singing it to him. My Lord has conquered
all my troubles for me. Why? Why, oh, why do I still
let them trouble me? Because I'm in the flesh, and
the flesh battles my spirit. In the flesh I cry out and weep,
but my spirit sings with joy for my Lord. Dejours, can you
say your spirit is taking joy in Him? Now, let's take one more
quick look. at our Scriptures, back in our
text. And I'll try to make this quick.
We're almost out of time. You know what? I haven't preached
to you folks in two weeks. We're going to have a little
bit longer today. One more look at our text, and I want to keep
in mind that Scriptures are always about Him. We've looked at this
kind of on a sense of David, considering that David was going
through the troubles that he was going through. But this is
actually, as it all is in all Scripture, it's a picture, it's
a type. And it's about Him. These words
of David were written under the inspiration and the guidance
of the Holy Spirit, and they were experienced by Him, yet
they are a picture, an event, to portray our Savior's experience. Look at verse 1 once again. A
psalm of David when he fled from Absalom and his son. Lord, Lord,
Picture our Lord and Savior hanging on the cross. They've spit at
Him. He's covered in the spit of men. They've beaten Him so much so
that you can't even recognize who He is. They whipped Him so
hard that His flesh was hanging off of His back. These are the
ones He created in their mother's wombs. Lord! How are they Increased! That troubled me! Folks, this
is our Lord doing this for you and I. This is what the wrath
of God should be to every sinner. This is what the wrath of God
was laid upon this man because of us as sinners. Our God's grace
and His mercy to you and I. Lord, how are they that increase
that trouble me? Many are they that rise up against
me. All mankind is turned against
Him. There are none that seeketh after God. The unregenerate natural
man declares, I will not have this man rule over me. This man
who is God in the flesh, this man who declares that salvation
is of the Lord, there's nothing for you to do. I've done it all.
That offends people. What do you mean, there's nothing
for me to do? My good works have to have something
to do with it, don't they? They have to account for something,
don't they? No. Salvation is of the Lord. In John 6 verse 28 and 29, we
read these words, Then said they unto him, What shall we do that
we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto
them, Here it is. Here's the works. This is the
work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. There's
nothing for you to do. He didn't say, this is the work
of God plus what you can do. This is the work of God. That's
his word. Isn't that what he says? Natural
man will not accept the sovereign rule of the Almighty. We may
accept part of that sovereignty, But when it comes to our personal
ability, when it comes to our personal choice, unless God intervenes,
we will go down to the pit receiving our just reward. And that's our
will. Look at verse 2. Many there be
which say, my soul, there is no help for him in God. Selah.
Turn over, if you would. Again, mark your place there.
Look over at John chapter 6. John chapter 6. Sorry, hold your
spot here for just a moment. As we read in Luke, left to our
own will, our natural will, we too would be right there with
that crowd crying out, crucify him, crucify him. You claim to
be God in the flesh? Then save yourself. We'd be right
there with them. Show us the sign that we desire.
Where is your God? Listen to verses 3-8 of our text. You don't need to turn back there.
We're going to stay in John. 3-8, But thou, O Lord, art the
shield for me, my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. This
is Christ. This is Christ crying out on
the cross. Those who just said, where is
your God? But thou, O Lord, art my shield,
my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. I cried unto the Lord
with my voice, and He heard me out of His holy hill. I laid
me down and slept. This is the Lord dying, knowing
that He would be rose again. He says, I awaked, for the Lord
sustained me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands
of people that have set themselves against me round about. Arise,
O Lord, save me, O my God, for Thou hast smitten all mine enemies
upon the cheekbone. Thou hast broken the teeth of
the ungodly. Salvation belongeth unto the
Lord. Thy blessing is upon Thy people. Are you with me over
in John chapter 6? Look at verses 30. John chapter
6 verse 30, And they said therefore unto him, What sign showest thou
then, that we may see and believe thee? What doest thou work? Our fathers did eat manna in
the heaven, in the desert. As it is written, he gave them
bread from heaven to eat, Then Jesus, verse 32, said unto them,
Verily I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from
heaven, but my Father gave it to you, the true bread from heaven.
For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven and giveth
life unto the world. Now here's what I want you to
see, these next four verses. Then said they unto him, Lord
evermore, give us this bread. And Jesus answered him and said,
I am the bread of life. He that cometh to me shall never
hunger. He that believeth on me shall
never thirst. But I said unto you that ye also
have seen me, and believed not. All that the Father giveth me
shall come to me, and him that cometh to me I will in no wise
cast out. For I came down from heaven not to do mine own will,
but the will of him that sent me. Our Lord trusted the Father's
will. He knew that laying down His
life and going into that grave, the Father would not leave Him
there. It was not the Father's will to leave His Son in hell.
It was not the Father's will to leave His Son in that grave.
It was the will of the Father for His Son to be hung on that
cross for you and I, that we would all be righteous before
our Lord, that He would hang on that cross and take all of
our sins away. Our Lord trusted His Father's
will. How could He not? He and His Father are one. If
you've seen the Son, you've seen the Father. Is that not what
Scriptures tell us? Though the wickedness of all
His elect filled Him, so much so it was to die for, this One
who had not once sinned was made to be our sin. He was made a
curse for us, and it pleased the Father to bruise Him. Scriptures
tell us that by His stripes we are healed. And He, our Lord
Jesus, trusted the purpose of God's will to be done. Close
with me, if you would, looking over at Matthew chapter 26. Almost
done. Matthew chapter 26. Our Lord
and Savior came to do His Father's will, and He did it perfectly. How can David, who's being chased
by the people, chased by his advisors, chased by his own son,
how can David? We understand the weeping part,
don't we? That's pretty obvious. But how can he cry out with joy
and sing and write a psalm as he did with such warmth in his
heart? Because he trusted the will of
God. You know, it's God's will to
save every one of his people. Isn't that what we just read?
All that the Father gives me shall come to me, and him that
cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. That's the will of
God, isn't it? David trusted by God-given faith. He trusted the will of God to
be done. Abraham trusted the will of God to be done. That's
why he was willing to sacrifice his son. Matthew 26, verse 36,
we read these words. Then cometh Jesus with them unto
a place called Gethsemane. And He saith unto His disciples,
Sit ye here awhile, and I go and pray yonder. And He took
with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful
and very heavy. The Lord of glory began to be
sorrowful. and very heavy. Then he said
unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. Tarry ye here and watch with
me. And he went a little further and fell on his face, and he
prayed, saying, O Father, if it be possible, let this cup
pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I will,
but thou as thou wilt. And he cometh unto his disciples,
and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could
ye not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter
not in temptation. The spirit indeed is willing,
but the flesh is weak. And he went away again the second
time, and prayed, saying, O father, O my father, if this cup may
not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. Verse 43, And he came and found
them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy. And he left
them, and went away again, and prayed a third time, saying the
same words. Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto
them..." He says this to you or not? As he said it to David. David, sleep. Sleep on now. Don't worry. I've
got this for you. How can David sleep in such troubles? The same way you and I can by
looking to our Savior as our all in all. Looking unto our
Savior. What is it to have peace with
the troubles in our lives? It is to trust in the One who
can deliver us through them. Our Lord trusted, so can we. Amen.